TODAY’S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MUST OPERATE WITHIN A FAST-CHANGING AND DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT. THE GROWTH OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A SHIFT FROM ONE-DIRECTIONAL GRID INFRASTRUCTURE TO BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS. BY COMBINING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND METERING TECHNOLOGY, SMART GRIDS OFFER THE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE A FAST-CHANGING UNIVERSE, WHILE ENSURING DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY.

Landis+Gyr’s capabilities and solutions

With more than 25 years of experience in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Landis+Gyr is the partner of choice for utilities, providing the technology and expertise to enable them to manage energy better. Balancing increasing demand for service quality, control, and sustainability with a decades-old grid originally designed for one-directional energy flows is a significant challenge for utilities. Faced with numerous differences between existing and new network architecture, an evolving mix of power sources, and varied consumer preferences, providers continue to look for new network solutions at every voltage level.Gridstream®, Landis+Gyr’s proven, state-of-the-art, comprehen-sive Advanced Metering and Customer Intelligence solution, is designed to modernize the entire grid infrastructure. The Gridstream® suite ensures reliable energy management and full interoperability among network systems, meters, and communication technologies. Compatible with all standard industry protocols, including G3 PLC, RF Mesh, IPv6 and cellular technologies, it can be used in networks in which numerous technologies are integrated and works effectively across deployments of all sizes, from a few thousand to more than 30 million. Gridstream® provides utilities with a flexible and efficient solution and unprecedented data granularity.

Case

As one of the first utilities to implement Smart Metering in Austria, Netz Burgenland has chosen Landis+Gyr as its partner for providing and deploying Smart Meters throughout its entire supply area. This will prepare Netz Burgenland for the requirements of future energy management and will help its customers save costs on energy.

NETZ BURGENLAND

With more than 200,000 metering points in its network, Netz Burgenland is among Austria’s largest electricity Distribution System Operators (DSO). It is a fully owned subsidiary of Energie Burgenland AG.

SMART METER ROLLOUT IN AUSTRIA

According to a decree of the Austrian Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth from 2012, at least 95 % of all Austrian households must be equipped with Smart Meters by the end of 2019. After a successful pilot in 2015 comprising the installation of 3,000 Smart Meters from Landis+Gyr, Netz Burgenland started the mass rollout with the installation of another 17,000 devices in 2016. By the end of 2019, all 200,000 meter points will be replaced, hence allowing the DSO to fulfill the regulatory requirements in due time.

LANDIS+GYR SOLUTION: FAST, RELIABLE, SECURE

For the Smart Meter rollout, Netz Burgenland has chosen Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream® solution based on G3 PLC communication technology. G3 PLC enables faster and more reliable communications in a Smart Grid infrastructure and flexible connectivity with new intelligent applications. It is highly resistant to disturbances and capable of adapting to changes in network conditions automatically. In addition to the E450 Smart Meters equipped with a consumer infor-mation interface, Landis+Gyr supplies data concentrators and a Head-End System (HES) to Netz Burgenland . The solution will provide customers with access to information on their level of consumption and enable the utility to better plan energy supply, reduce surpluses and offer customers tariff packages tailored to their consumption behavior. The solution meets highest security standards for data transmission. Each device is equipped with an individual pass-word, which ensures safe end-to-end encryption.

TODAY’S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MUST OPERATE WITHIN A FAST-CHANGING AND DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT. THE GROWTH OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A SHIFT FROM ONE-DIRECTIONAL GRID INFRASTRUCTURE TO BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS. BY COMBINING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND METERING TECHNOLOGY, SMART GRIDS OFFER THE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE A FAST-CHANGING UNIVERSE, WHILE ENSURING DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY.

Landis+Gyr’s capabilities and solutions

With more than 25 years of experience in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Landis+Gyr is the partner of choice for utilities, providing the technology and expertise to enable them to manage energy better. Balancing increasing demand for service quality, control, and sustainability with a decades-old grid originally designed for one-directional energy flows is a significant challenge for utilities. Faced with numerous differences between existing and new network architecture, an evolving mix of power sources, and varied consumer preferences, providers continue to look for new network solutions at every voltage level. Gridstream®, Landis+Gyr’s proven, state-of-the-art, comprehensive Advanced Metering and Customer Intelligence solution, is designed to modernize the entire grid infrastructure. The Gridstream® suite ensures reliable energy management and full interoperability among network systems, meters, and communication technologies. Compatible with all standard industry protocols, including G3 PLC, RF Mesh, IPv6 and cellular technologies, it can be used in networks in which numerous technologies are integrated and works effectively across deployments of all sizes, from a few thousand to more than 30 million. Gridstream® provides utilities with a flexible and efficient solution and unprecedented data granularity.

Case

As one of the first utilities to implement Smart Metering in Austria, Netz Burgenland has chosen Landis+Gyr as its partner for providing and deploying Smart Meters throughout its entire supply area. This will prepare Netz Burgenland for the requirements of future energy management and will help its customers save costs on energy.

NETZ BURGENLAND

With more than 200,000 metering points in its network, Netz Burgenland is among Austria’s largest electricity Distribution System Operators (DSO). It is a fully owned subsidiary of Energie Burgenland AG.

SMART METER ROLLOUT IN AUSTRIA

According to a decree of the Austrian Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth from 2012, at least 95 % of all Austrian households must be equipped with Smart Meters by the end of 2019. After a successful pilot in 2015 comprising the installation of 3,000 Smart Meters from Landis+Gyr, Netz Burgenland started the mass rollout with the installation of another 17,000 devices in 2016. By the end of 2019, all 200,000 meter points will be replaced, hence allowing the DSO to fulfill the regulatory requirements in due time.

LANDIS+GYR SOLUTION: FAST, RELIABLE, SECURE

For the Smart Meter rollout, Netz Burgenland has chosen Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream® solution based on G3 PLC communication technology. G3 PLC enables faster and more reliable communications in a Smart Grid infrastructure and flexible connectivity with new intelligent applications. It is highly resistant to disturbances and capable of adapting to changes in network conditions automatically. In addition to the E450 Smart Meters equipped with a consumer infor-mation interface, Landis+Gyr supplies data concentrators and a Head-End System (HES) to Netz Burgenland. The solution will provide customers with access to information on their level of consumption and enable the utility to better plan energy supply, reduce surpluses and offer customers tariff packages tailored to their consumption behavior. The solution meets highest security standards for data transmission. Each device is equipped with an individual pass-word, which ensures safe end-to-end encryption.